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No Dogs Allowed

2024 · 106 min

A quietly unsettling and morally complex watch that demands patience and empathy as it explores a teenager's hidden struggle.

Overview
Fifteen-year-old Gabo seems like a regular teenager who goes to school, plays video games with his best friend, and does other things a normal teenager would do – except he’s not. He has tendencies he knows to be wrong, but cannot control. He befriends Dave, a much older man with his fantasies. Lines soon start to blur between a trusting friendship and being groomed. Once Dave is arrested on suspicion of statutory rape, Gabo must suddenly decide whether to testify against his mentor with the risk of exposing his secret.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • guilt
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Steve Bache
Written by
Stephan Kämpf
Starring
Carlo Krammling, Robin Sondermann, Katharina M. Schubert, Sean Douglas, Bineta Hansen, Sithembile Menck, Finlay Deavin, Ole Eisfeld
Cinematography
Manuel Meinhardt
Runtime
106 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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